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Number 3<br />

Financial Stability Report<br />

5. Financial Sector in Kosovo<br />

5.1. General Characteristics<br />

Financial sector in Kosovo<br />

continued to be characterized by a<br />

satisfactory level of <strong>stability</strong> in<br />

2012, while the overall <strong>financial</strong><br />

sector assets marked a slowdown<br />

in the growth trend. By June 2012,<br />

the total <strong>financial</strong> sector assets<br />

amounted to euro 4.8 billion,<br />

reflecting a slowdown to 4.8<br />

percent in June 2012, from 13.2<br />

percent in June 2011. While<br />

commercial bank assets continued<br />

to dominate the structure of<br />

Figure 17. Structure of assets of the <strong>financial</strong><br />

system by sector<br />

0.2<br />

4.1<br />

3.1<br />

16.7<br />

June 2011<br />

<strong>financial</strong> sector assets with 74.6 percent of total assets in June 2012, the slowdown of their<br />

growth trend has influenced the overall growth trend of <strong>financial</strong> sector assets. In June<br />

2012, banking system assets recorded an annual increase of 6.0 percent, compared with the<br />

annual growth rate of 12.7 percent in the same period of the previous year. The second<br />

largest sector participating in total <strong>financial</strong> sector assets are pension funds which in June<br />

2012 accounted for 18.6 percent of total assets (16.7 percent in June 2011) (Figure 17).<br />

The number of <strong>financial</strong> institutions in Kosovo’s <strong>financial</strong> sector has not shown any<br />

significant change recently. The number of commercial banks has remained unchanged,<br />

standing at eight (8) banks, while the insurance industry has 2 new companies increasing<br />

the total number of insurance companies to 13. Including 19 microfinance institutions, 36<br />

<strong>financial</strong> auxiliaries and 2 pension funds, the country’s <strong>financial</strong> sector is comprised of 78<br />

<strong>financial</strong> institutions (Table 4).<br />

75.9<br />

Commercial banks<br />

Insurance companies<br />

Micro<strong>financial</strong> institutions<br />

Financial auxiliaries<br />

Pension funds<br />

Source: CBK (2012)<br />

0.0<br />

3.4<br />

3.4<br />

18.6<br />

June 2012<br />

74.6<br />

Commercial banks<br />

Insurance companies<br />

Micro<strong>financial</strong> institutions<br />

Financial auxiliaries<br />

Pension funds<br />

Table 4. Number of <strong>financial</strong> institutions<br />

Description June 2009 June 2010 June 2011 June 2012<br />

Commercial banks 8 8 8 8<br />

Insurance companies 11 11 11 13<br />

Pension funds 2 2 2 2<br />

Financial auxiliaries 28 29 32 36<br />

Microfinance institutions 19 17 17 19<br />

Source: CBK (2012)<br />

The value of Net Foreign Assets (NFA) 4 of the <strong>financial</strong> sector continued to grow in 2012,<br />

but the growth was slower compared to 2011. By June 2012, the value of NFA amounted to<br />

euro 2.08 billion, which represents an annual increase of 4.7 percent (14.7 percent in June<br />

4 In this context, <strong>financial</strong> sector consists of Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo and all <strong>financial</strong> institutions operating in Kosovo.<br />

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